"5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

[Jasper Stratton]

On 12/31/2017 at 3:25 PM, iacas said:

Welcome to the "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge for 2018!

Please read as the rules have changed!

Yes, for all of 2018! I'm changing it up. Rather than do this monthly, we're going to have an ongoing challenge. Here is how you can earn the coveted award you see to the right.

• Make a detailed post describing your practice every day during the month. "Going to the range later" doesn't cut it, nor does "worked on my chipping today."
• Describe what you did for at least five minutes of practice (indoors or out, with or without golf balls, etc.).
• No back-dating or pre-dating posts or practice sessions.
• When you've gone four weeks (28 calendar days) in a row, missing at most two days, make your post in bold, red text to let everyone know that you're on a streak.
• Every day after that, so long as you're still 26 of 28 or better, post in bold, red text.
• If you had a streak, but lose it, post again in regular old black, non-bold text. Be honest; this is golf we're talking about.

Once you've earned the award, give it to yourself here: https://thesandtrap.com/awards/category/2-site-awards/. You should be able to figure out how to do it. (Note: do it on a computer or tablet as the "Add New" button doesn't appear on mobile devices.)

What's different about this? Your "month" basically can begin any time. If you're stopping in and it's the 17th, you can start your streak right now, and a month later, have the award. Before, you had to wait for the month to change on the calendar.

Enjoy and practice hard!

Practicing my putting after work. I put five balls on the carpet and a mug on the other side. Once I make 3 out of 5 I can stop. If I leave any short or they go to far and fall off the rug, I restart. 

Focusing on speed and hitting my mark 3 inches in front of me. Trying to gain consistency and discipline in all aspects of my putting game. 

[WillieT]

Day 29 (9 Dec 25) - PW dink and rolls as well as low flighted chips.  Dink and rolls - set up with club head toe down/heel up to promote low flight, plenty of roll out.  Low flighted pitches - club flat on the ground to get ball up a Rick more and check more.   No more than 10yds total distance - focus on getting the ball to finish near (within 10’ dia circle) the target “pin”…

[iacas]

Day 435 - 2025-12-09

Got some work in between lessons with a beginner and some juniors.

[5amZ]

Day 119 12-9

Flow practice tonight with some skill work for club awareness. Still have getting to lead side as a primary focus. Was hoping it would feel more natural, need to keep drilling it. 

[DeadMan]

Day 15: mirror work. Going slow, working on feels in the downswing. 

[WillieT]

Day 30 (10 Dec 25) - Played the midweek shootout (best weather day this week).  Decent day off the tee and approaches were solid, putting game was off (tbh - was using a spare putter (from grandson’s stash) that proved to be not quite the stick for me) as I had five 3putts (very uncharacteristic).  A good day of exercising patience on the green.

[5amZ]

Day 120 12-10

started with flow swing and getting to lead side work. Recorded face on and swing just looked worse and worse the longer I practiced. Something seems to be off lately. Need to adjust. 

[iacas]

Day 436 - 2025-12-10

Light on the full swing work today, but I did a chipping competition against the girls. I won. 😉 

[DeadMan]

Day 16: did my drill on my back deck. Trying to slow down the downswing a bit so I can really get the hands feel. 

[5amZ]

Day 121 12-11

Practice session this morning. Slowing the swing down. 3/4 swings, Getting to lead side better, trying to feel more in sync with swing. Hit foam balls. Good session overall.